Rating - 4/5 Famed for releasing a new album on every birthday since 2009, Jay McAllister a.k.a singer songwriter Beans on Toast breaks with tradition on his 40th by releasing...two albums! ‘Knee Deep In Nostalgia’, a full band record is released alongside ‘The Unforeseeable Future’; a more stripped back, gritty and sombre effort featuring solo... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Hello Cosmos – Dream Harder
Rating - 4/5 Instagram http://bit.ly/HCinsta Soundcloud http://bit.ly/HCSound Twitter http://bit.ly/HelloCTweet Facebook http://bit.ly/HCFace ‘Dream Harder’ is the debut LP from Manchester-based collective Hello Cosmos; here to deliver a message of unity and positivity with their music, it’s an album with a clear mission statement…”dream harder”, of course. Sonically there’s a wide band of influences, encompassing many styles;... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – The Off Beats – Over It
Rating - 4/5 https://www.facebook.com/Thebeats02/ (facebook)https://www.instagram.com/the_off_beats_band/?hl=en (Instagram) Shots by @sighlac //// Artwork was done by @gnarmite Young punk enthusiasts “The Off Beats” end the year of a note of true British energy with their latest track enttled “Over it”. A track where the Litchfeild based band have showed their true potential and if they hit the... Continue Reading →
Real Talk – Jazz Mino
Jazz Mino is a London based artist, her latest single ‘Part Of This’ is available to stream now. She began busking on the streets of London before being discovered and has since found success in the UK charts and has over 10 million streams on Spotify. "Part Of This" on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/1uwziTeyXuq6cTYFFWHrbb?si=nEum7gLETHu3o9r6oaYYzA Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jazz_mino_uk/?hl=en YouTube... Continue Reading →
Real Talk – Hemai
Heami, from Birmingham England, has a modern initiative like no other. The young aspiring musician has managed to truly embrace and master the art of blending sounds and combing textures to create a fantastic modern display of art. This can be heard in his whole body of work and even more prominently on his latest... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Low Island – Don’t Let The Light In
Rating - 4.5/5 ‘Don’t Let The Light In’ is the most recent release from prestigious Electronic group ‘Low Island’, made up of Carlos Posada, Jamie Jay, Jacob Lively and Felix Higginbottom. Formed in Oxford in 2016, these boys have really carved a name for themselves in a short space of time, and from the sound... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Frank Turner and Jon Snodgrass – Buddies II Still Buddies
Rating - 4/5 Kazoo-wielding pals Frank Turner and Jon Snodgrass have reunited after 10 years to create the feel-good sequel to the original cult-favourite ‘Buddies’, a light-hearted album borne from whisky and friendship that interestingly weaves their own amusing commentary throughout the tracks. Most importantly, it was all written and recorded in just one day.... Continue Reading →
Reviewed – Killer Be Killed – Reluctant Hero
Rating - 4/5 ‘Reluctant Hero’ is the latest offering from heavy metal supergroup Killer Be Killed. They are veterans of their own respective groups (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Sepultura, Converge and Mastodon), not to mention individual collaborations with rock and metal groups too numerous to name; chances are one of these guys will have had... Continue Reading →
Linkin Park – Twenty Years of Hybrid Theory
It's the year 2000. I’m in sixth form and by the quirks of being in a group of friends that are trusted by the staff we somehow have our own common room. Of sorts. We have tea and coffee making facilities, a sofa, some hastily re-upholstered stools, and a bunch of rails of costumes for... Continue Reading →
Real Talk – JJ Peters
After being the driving force behind the drums in the heroic metalcore band I Killed The Prom Queen JJ Peters left to pursue a career as a vocalist. He is best known for his work in the Hardcore Punk band Deez Nuts, but this year he has truly turned his creative attention to making his... Continue Reading →